Patents by Inventor James A. Byrd, II

James A. Byrd, II has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for the control of enteropathogenic bacteria in the crops of poultry
    Patent number: 6555106
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and compositions for controlling food borne enteric bacterial pathogens in poultry populations. The incidence of the colonization of poultry by enteropathogenic bacteria, and/or the populations of enteropathogenic bacteria within colonized poultry, may by substantially reduced by providing particles of an expanded matrix material to the locus or vicinity of the animals, particularly during the period of feed removal prior to slaughter. The method and compositions are particularly useful for the control of Salmonella species, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: James A. Byrd, II, Larry H. Stanker, Donald E. Corrier
  • System for the control of enteropathogenic bacteria in the crops of poultry
    Patent number: 6228355
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and compositions for controlling food borne enteric bacterial pathogens in poultry populations. The incidence of the colonization of poultry by enteropathogenic bacteria, and/or the populations of enteropathogenic bacteria within colonized poultry, may by substantially reduced by providing particles of an expanded matrix material to the locus or vicinity of the animals, particularly during the period of feed removal prior to slaughter. The method and compositions are particularly useful for the control of Salmonella species, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, and Campylobacter species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: James A. Byrd, II, Larry H. Stanker, Donald E. Corrier